17th Century Publications

These volumes are located on Case 8 rows 4 and 5 except where noted.

Carpzov, Johann Benedikt the Elder. Isagoge in libros ecclesiarum luth. symbolicos. 1665. 1742 pages. Johann Benedikt Carpzov, 1607-1657, wrote these studies on the confessional documents in the Lutheran Book of Concord.

Chemnitz, Martin. Loci Theologici, 1653. Six volumes bound as one. part 1, 245; part 2, 299, part 3, 234; part 4 133; part 5 205; part 6, 54. Chemnitz, 1522-1586, first published this work in 1591. “If Martin [Chemnitz] had not come along, Martin [Luther] would hardly have survived.”

Flacius Illyricus, Mathias. Clavis Scripture Sacrae. Leipzig, 1696. Late revision of a work first published in 1574. First Lutheran hermeneutics text, along with a dictionary of exegetical terminology.

Gerhard, Johann. Commentarius super Epistolam ad Ebraeos. Jena, 1641. 495 pages. [Commentary on the book of Hebrews]. Johann Gerhard, 1582-1637, was called the arch-theologian of Lutheranism. Gerhard was the most influential of 17th century Lutheran theologians.

Much of the data on this page is taken from Deutsche Biographie (http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/index.html), Lutheran Cyclopedia, ed. Erwin L. Lueker, St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1975, WorldCat, and from annotations by Edgar M. Krentz..